Thread: The state benefits system mega-thread.
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Old 31-03-2019, 10:49   #2112
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Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
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Originally Posted by ianch99 View Post
When was this work handed to the private sector? This seems a serious flaw in the process. Does profit play a role in the decision making?
The private sector were brought in around 2008 to carry out assessments for ESA. As part of this there was essentially an attempt to downgrade the role of Decision Maker in DWP from the lowest junior manager grade in the Civil Service to an administrative one (essentially rubber stamping the output of an ATOS assessment).

I’m not sure I feel there are “targets” for providers (this proves contentious when Dispatches sent someone undercover but there are certainly cases where the provider is paid per assessment leading to conveyor belt assessment centres.
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